Top hiring sectors in Basel

Last activity 21 March 2014 by El_Jost

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JulienFounder25 October 2013 13:05:11

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Hi,

lets talk about job opportunities in Basel.

What are the top hiring sectors?

And according to you, what are the most promising job sectors, which will keep creating jobs in Basel?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience,

Julien

El_JostSerial expat21 March 2014 15:16:46

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By far the largest employers of English speaking foreigners (without knowledge of German) in the Basel region are the chemical and pharma industries.
From Wikipedia the big names are:
"The Swiss chemical industry operates largely from Basel, and Basel also has a large pharmaceutical industry. Novartis, Syngenta, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Clariant, Hoffmann-La Roche, Basilea Pharmaceutica and Actelion are headquartered there."

Apart from the above most employers will require some degree of German language skills, depending on what the job is.

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